rest-nvim/rest.nvim

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

2051 stars · 146 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

rest.nvim is an asynchronous HTTP client plugin for Neovim written in Lua, letting users run HTTP requests defined in .http files directly from the editor. It uses a pure Lua curl wrapper and tree-sitter for parsing, with hooks, environment variables, and response formatting features.

Use cases

• test REST APIs from inside Neovim
• run HTTP requests from .http files
• replace Postman with an editor-based client
• inspect and format API responses in the editor
• chain requests using environment variables from responses
• save and reuse cookies across requests

When to choose

• you live in Neovim and want lightweight API testing without leaving the editor
• you prefer plain-text .http files with tree-sitter syntax highlighting
• you need scriptable pre/post-request hooks and Lua extensibility

When to avoid

• you need a GUI client with collections, team sharing, or mock servers
• you don't use Neovim
• you require advanced Postman-style features like automated test suites or API documentation

Facets

plugin · maturity active

http-client parser developer-tools developer-tools apis web-development editor-plugin cli neovim lua rest-client curl http-files tree-sitter api-testing

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